Monster Stories
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Benji and the Buzzer
Benji had been looking forward to the Mathletics competition for weeks… He had sharpened six pencils, packed his favourite biscuits and practised his multiplication tables all the way up to twenty-seven. He was so excited that his ears had been standing even straighter than usual, which nobody had thought possible. Charley had volunteered to accompany him. He wasn’t particularly…
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Wendy and the Grumpy Patient
Albertus had a thorn in his foot… It wasn’t a particularly large thorn, but it was in an awkward place, and after three days of limping about and complaining about the state of the world’s vegetation, he finally went to see Wendy. Wendy removed the thorn in approximately four seconds. She cleaned the little wound, gave his foot a…
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Albertus and the Bench
Albertus had a favourite bench in the park… beneath a large chestnut tree, with a good view of the pond. He went there most afternoons to watch the ducks. The ducks didn’t seem to mind what he looked like, although they were inclined to expect bread. People were another matter. Whenever Albertus sat on the bench, people tended to…